ANNOUNCEMENTS
Lots of Opportunities to Fellowship
CHOIR REHEARSAL - WEDNESDAYS AT 7:00 PM
PASTORS APPRECIATION
I want to thank this DYNAMIC Congregation for all of your support and contributions for the Pastors Appreciation service. Our Pastor's 15th year anniversary was a blessed event. We showed our pastor an abundance of love and appreciation on his special day. Bishop Duan Maiden tore the house down with his powerful message.Thank you Bishop for pouring into this congregation for 15 years.
CHURCH ANNIVERSARY
Just a word of thanks to all who made our weekend events on September 16th and 17th a great time! The picnic was a time of fellowship with fun, laughter, and joy! A warm thank you to all who participated in helping to make this a successful day. A job well done! A weekend of contributions from our fellowship hall staff and the food donations from our church family, monetary gifts and donated extra parking lot. I can’t forget our HOP 87th Church Anniversary celebration. What a time! What a time! What a time! We had celebrated 87 years of praise and worship service with our local Church Of The Living God P.G.of T. and other Churches. Elder David Taylor, our guest speaker and New Breeze Sign Language Choir were phenomenal! Another warm thank you to our Pastor, Bishop Percy G. Porter Jr., our Ministerial staff, Choir, Music staff and Directors. A special thanks to Kevy Rousseau and our Anniversary Committee. I couldn't have done it without each and every one of you. You did your part and knocked it out of the park! The biggest Thanks to my nephew Joseph Aina, for helping and supporting me throughout the journey. I truly love you all! Mother Vanessa Ross Picnic & Anniversary Coordinator.
YOUNG ADULTS (18-40)
Our Young Adults are having a good time in our Bible Study meetings. Let's keep it going strong. Our next meeting will be held tomorrow September 25th at 7pm at our Bishop's house. Please join the Google Classroom and complete the survey.
DEPARTMENT HEADS
Department heads please submit your Auxiliary reports by the first of the month.
Business Meeting:
Save the date of our church business meeting Saturday October 21st at 10:00am. I am asking all members to please put this date on your calendar and make yourselves available to be present as we discuss matters that pertain to the business of our church. If anyone have an item you want to put on the agenda please send to the church email at colgofc@gmail.com
WOMEN'S MINISTRY
Calling all women! Our women’s book club is back! We are reading,” Rewire Your Brain For Love: Creating Vibrant Relationships Using The Science of Mindfulness” by Marsha Lucas. The Book club meetings will be held on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm. The first meeting will be held on September 19th.
Contact Missionary Linda White for the Zoom link.
Also ladies Get Ready for: The Purpose of Pearls- Faith & Fellowship workshop and Shopping Winter Event! Please contact Missionary White or Holly Martin for more information.
BISHOP COUNCIL
The Bishops Council is held every four years and is scheduled for the calendar in 2024. All members are encouraged to attend, however, only those whose representation fees are current are eligible to attend, submit agenda items and vote on any items brought before the council. Please let's do our best to attend.
LET'S WORK!
This year we are building our future. We will start by creating a mentor program. The goal is to keep the legacies going. Each auxiliary will select someone to mentor. If anyone is interested in joining a department, reach out to the department head to partner with them.
NATIONAL HOLY CONVOCATION
Hallelujah!! I am excited to announce that our 2024 National Convocation has been released early. The convention has been switched back to the original week. Which is the second week in July. Since we had such a good time this year we will return back to Jackson Mississippi the dates are July 7th-12th 2024. There will be more information to follow.